MANILA, Philippines - Air passenger and cargo capacity between the Philippines and Hong Kong have been increased following successful talks between negotiators, a move that would ease congestion of the popular route.
Passenger capacity has been increased for the Manila to Hong Kong route to 15,000 from 13,000 per week; to 6,300 from zero for Clark [...]
MANILA, Philippines - Lawmakers on Thursday asked Malacañang to release billions of pesos worth of funds, including a senator’s Priority Development Assistance Fund, for typhoon Frank victims in Western Visayas.
At the same time, some lawmakers decried the government’s slow response to the needs of typhoon victims.
A group of reef-hunters, locally known in the Philippines as muro-ami divers, reportedly tried to enter and loot the Sulpicio Lines’ sunken ship, M/V Princess of the Stars.
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By ROMEO RANOCO
Reuters
SIBUYAN ISLAND - U.S. soldiers shuttled water, rice and medicine to typhoon-ravaged islands in the central Philippines on Thursday as the search for hundreds of bodies from a capsized ferry continued.
Helicopters from the USS Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier that cut short a visit to Hong Kong to help relief [...]
MANILA, Philippines - The death toll from typhoon “Frank” went up to 498 as reports from more affected areas reached the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) Thursday morning.
In its report dated 6 a.m. Thursday, the NDCC said the 498 fatalities from “Frank” included 221 who were already identified and 227 bodies recovered so far.
At least [...]